Major Breakthrough Win for H-1B Workers and Employers!!!

May 22, 2020
×Close
On 21 May 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and IT Serve Alliance reached a settlement agreement, by which the H1B procedure now stands to gain for both the IT workers and employers. The settlement agreement puts forward the following:
  • The USCIS to withdraw the 2018 Contract and Itinerary Memorandum in its totality within the next ninety (90) days.
  • USCIS to annul the 1991 Regulatory Itinerary Requirement that necessitates an employer to submit a detailed itinerary, including dates and locations of services, when an H-1B employee is at work in various locations.
  • USCIS not to issue approvals for H-1B petitions with validity periods shorter than the time period requested by the H-1B petitioner, unless such decisions include or are accompanied by a brief explanation as to why the validity period has been limited.
If USCIS is unable to meet the deadlines, because of the COVID-19 pandemic or the limited availability of resources to receive or adjudicate RFE responses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS may have to extend the deadlines by sixty-days, provided USCIS notifies Plaintiffs’ counsel by email identifying the petitions before the deadlines expire.
Upcoming Webinars
VIEW ALL

Related News

VIEW ALL
USCIS Extends and Expands Suspension of Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions

USCIS has just announced that they are now extending the suspension of CAP subject H-1B petitions all the way until February 19, 2019.

USCIS Announces Countries Eligible for the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, have published the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to receive H-2A and H‑2B visas in 2018 The notice listing the eligible countries was published on Jan. 18, 2018, in the Federal Register. For 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security […]

Texas Service Center to Begin Processing Form I-129 for L Visas

On February 12, 2018, the Texas Service Center (TSC) will begin processing certain Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker petitions for L nonimmigrant classification, also known as L visas. The TSC will share this workload with the California Service Center to balance workloads and to provide flexibility as USCIS works towards improving processing times […]